The evening world., 1887-10-17

vS@ON side of the ocean. The
u~rniture and effects Of IN unfortunate ten
ant of q rear, top floor, s~ix-story barracks,
are placed on the sidewalk and then carried
to the Corporation Yard. while o poor sew-
ing girl who has obtained q judgment
against q dishonest and unfeeling employer
will have her decree entered in o great big
book, and her employer will hide his indebt-
ednessb behind O fraudulent assignment.
II there should be any justice dispensed in
this city 1t should be in these courts, where the
poorer people have to appeal for their rights
and their wages. They are people who know
little Of the meshes Of the law n who,
above all others, need the protection that the
law gives. The justices of the Civil District
courts, therefore. should be men who would
recognize the right in rags as against the
wrong in silks or broadcloth.
There are eleven Of these petty but impor-
tant tribunals scattered throughout the city,
and politics has o grip on nearly every one of
them. The Justice may be kind-hearted, an
mercy with his DEGREES, but the fact remains
that politics 10 there just the same. The
lowest OF politicians hang around the court
f fo1% ;nst Il rob d Rs9fs p %Sp owe whG sss sGm sp to asE
ment to machine influence. are ever ready to
make overcharges, while burly and greedy
city marshals, with red faces and stony
hearts, are always in o hurry to throw the
household goods of q poor widow out of
Windows for non-payment of rent. It must
be said. however. that q few of the justices
do all in their power to prevent subordinates
from eItorting ,blood-money from those who
enter the portals Of the courts.
At the coming election ten civil justices
are to be chosen. There will be no election
in the Tenth District, Twenty-third and
Twenty-fourth Wards, as Justice Andrew
term that does not expire for some years.
Successors are to be elected to Civil Justices
Michael Norton, Charles N. Clancy, George
". Parker, Alfred Steckler, John Henry
Mcneil, Frederick g.. Gedney: Henry P:
McGown and Leo O. Dessar. They are all
candidates for denomination and reelection,
with the possible exception of Justice Parker,
who is aged and who is weary OF the duties of
There are also hosts Of candidates in each
Of the judicial districts who are striving for
the justiceship. Lawyers, with small prac-
most untiring in their efforts TO be made JUS
tees of the counts of the poor. From the pres
emit appearance of things the civil Justice
ships are to be rallied off in the harmony pro-
County Democracy. The judicial districts
are for the most part the same as the Sena-
torial districts. If Tam many Hall is ava, ded
the united nomination for Senator in q dis
name the candidate for Civil Justice in the
same political borough,
Michael Norton is the present Justice of the
First District Court, which comprises the
First and Fifth Assembly districts. He was
elected as a County Democracy man, but he
is now the Tammany Hall leader of the Fifth
Assembly District. He will be renominated.
Frank Fitzgerald, son of the late ex-Alder-
man James Fitzgerald, is an aspirant for the
hanch Ha In n law -parfnar of Jarnaa Walsh
nephew of Warden Tom Walsh.
The Second District takes in the Second
and Third Assembly districts, and Justice
Charles N. Clancy, Tammany Hall, wants
mum. Then Warden Walsh would like to see
his nephew take Olancy's place. Ex-Assem-
blyman James Oliver would accept any nom-
ihn s; t o., thst . he ;,t thought would .% diI result IT in hi,
The next Justice Of the Third District
Court vii probably secure his election by a
asr be %iaei9 r.. h 'os ;Rs't Nia Hsga 2sssaSPy p Gis9rss
has been an Assemblyman and an Alderman,
IT,, is slated to succeed Justice George W,
Parker, Both are Republican, The SLATE
the Seventh Assembly District, for Senate,
in Gibbs's old hunting ground, and young
Deane, of the Ninth District, for Judge. The
Seventh and Ninth nominate the Judge, and
! the Seventh, Ninth and Thirteenth the Sen
ator. The judicial district is q Republican
stronghold.
The Fourth District is a large German dis
, trict, which six years ago elected ALFRED
combinations. It Includes the Tenth an(
Seventeenth wards, or the Eighth, Tenth anC
Fourteenth Assembly. districts. Justic
4 Steckler has no opposition for reelection, ex
tice Jacob M. Patterson and the Republican
: machines behind them. The independents
T various trades and workingmen's unions hav
. nominated Justice Steckler and he is to re
o from Tammany Hall and the County Democ
racy. Police Justice Patterson and John j
O'Brien will probably run Henry G. Botty,
q machine Republican politician and lawyer
= against Steckler. Bets are being made tina
Q Steckler will have 5000 votes to spare afte
the returns are counted.
n There promises to be some fun in the FIT
o District; which is composed of the Seventh
. Edward F. Reilly, Tammany Hall, is renom
. mated the Civil Justiceship. on the uniol
o deal, will 60 to the County Democracy. job
Henry MCCARTHY, who now hands down de
with either organization. He is likely to b
X shufied out. Juror Commissioner Charlie
Reilly is working to nominate his son in law
BENJAMIN A. Douras, who is employed in tn
Timothy j.. Campbell is backing mp til
a County Clerk Patrick keenan, Is offerin
Joseph Z. Neuberger as q choice. Neubei
ger is also a candidate for City Court. Justic
Mccarthy says that he will run independer
for reelection, and boasts that the Jefferso
clubs of the Fourth and Sixth Assembly di
tricts will support him.
~ The Sixth District Civil Court is compose
of the Eighteenth and Twenty-hrst wards, {
q Eleventh Sixteenth and Eighteenth Assembl
districts. William H. Kelly, present justice,
'r to receive the united Democratic nominate
for reelection. He is member of the Count
Democracy and is very popular on the en-